Author: SUNJAE
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Epi 01: PLUTO. Part 12 — The Instrumental Goal
One image, shown repeatedly from multiple angles, depicted the robot Pluto running across a high-altitude construction crane while carrying a dead body. —“A robot created by humans has attacked a human being.”—“Someone driven by hatred and vengeance must have built a combat robot.” —“This is terrorism.Not a ‘lone wolf,’ but a terror attack by a…
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We Are Not People Who Can Be Bought
January 18, 2026.In Nuuk, a woman gave an interview. Her name is Tillie Martinussen,a young Greenlandic politician. The moment she began to speak, I felt something I had not felt in a long time:the sensation of listening to a real politician.Not rehearsed sentences.Not calibrated messaging.But words spoken by someone who knows where she comes from,…
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Epi 01: PLUTO. Part 11 — The Hunt Protocol
Whrrrr—A storm of noise filled the air. Mika looked out through the café window. All across the city, swarms of drones launched into the air.Above each drone, a holographic wanted notice bearing Pluto’s image hovered. On the road outside the café, groups of people were climbing into vehicles outfitted with all kinds of hunting equipment.They…
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That’s fine, dude. I’m not mad at you.
After reading this news, the shock did not leave me for days. It was a report that a woman in Minneapolis, Minnesota, had been killed after being shot three times by an ICE (U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement) officer. The woman who was killed was a U.S. citizen, 37 years old, and a mother of…
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Epi 01: PLUTO. Part 10 — Public Enemy
WHIIII—BOOOOM— The explosion struck the rear bumper of the Black Car Y. The vehicle flipped violently and plunged fifteen meters from the overpass. SpotDog leapt through the air and landed five meters in front of the wreckage. “Ugh—!” The airbags had deployed just in time. The windshield was shattered. “Leo. Can you move?” “Yes.” Amazingly,…
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Caracas at Midnight, and the President Who Disappeared
At around 2 a.m. local time on January 3, 2026,a series of explosions echoed across the skies above Caracas, the capital of Venezuela. Loud detonations rippled through the city. Awakened residents reported seeing aircraft flying low overhead and military vehicles moving through the streets. In some neighborhoods, witnesses said they heard gunfire. Within minutes, Caracas…
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Epi 01: PLUTO. Part 9 — Before the Missile
“Are you suggesting that I pay you to keep this incident out of the press?” At the hologram chairman’s completely unexpected response, Mika’s expression hardened. “What you just said is an insult to journalists. I expect an apology. I am only interested in pursuing the truth.” The hologram chairman rose and walked toward Mika, then…
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Because of these words, I will be buried by Joseon society
Yet I choose to speak and die, rather than rot away in silence. In 1934, during the Japanese colonial period,a short essay was published in the magazine Samcheolli.Its title was A Confession of Divorce.The author was Na Hye-seok. She was known as Korea’s first female Western-style painter and a “New Woman.”After her divorce, she wrote…
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Epi 01: PLUTO. Part 8 — The Chairman Who Isn’t There
Mika visits Tera Group’s headquarters to meet the chairman, only to find a holographic version claiming to be in New York. While the chairman delivers corporate talking points about the booming robot market, Mika presses him on the murder of the union leader. When she projects the restored CCTV footage—showing police robot Pluto transporting the…
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Please Do Not Delete Coupang.
The Coupang data breach revealed more than a failure of security. It exposed the reality of a system-driven corporation that millions depend on for work, consumption, and survival. This essay examines Coupang not as a moral villain, but as a piece of modern infrastructure—raising a difficult question: to leave, or not to leave.